Chargebee Metric
Subscription Billing
Revenue Churn Rate = (Churned MRR / Start-of-Period MRR) × 100
Revenue churn rate (also called MRR churn rate) is the percentage of recurring revenue lost from cancellations and downgrades in a given period. It captures the monetary impact of attrition, which can differ significantly from customer churn rate.
Full guide: definition, formula, and benchmarksRevenue Churn Rate
Revenue churn rate (also called MRR churn rate) is the percentage of recurring revenue lost from cancellations and downgrades in a given period. It captures the monetary impact of attrition, which can differ significantly from customer churn rate.
How to calculate revenue churn rate
Why revenue churn rate matters for Chargebee users
Revenue churn can diverge sharply from customer churn. Losing a few enterprise accounts may cause more revenue damage than losing many smaller ones. Tracking both metrics provides a complete attrition picture.
Chargebee users can decompose revenue churn into voluntary cancellations, involuntary failures, and downgrades to target the highest-impact retention initiatives.
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Customer Churn Rate
Subscription BillingMetric Definition
Customer Churn Rate = (Churned Customers / Start-of-Period Customers) × 100
Customer churn rate is the percentage of subscribers who cancel their subscriptions within a given period. It is the inverse of retention and one of the most critical health indicators for any subscription business.
Net Revenue Retention
Subscription BillingMetric Definition
NRR = ((Start MRR + Expansion - Contraction - Churn) / Start MRR) × 100
Net revenue retention (NRR) measures the percentage of recurring revenue retained from existing customers, including expansions, contractions, and churn. An NRR above 100% means existing customers generate more revenue than they did a year ago.
Monthly Recurring Revenue
Subscription BillingMetric Definition
MRR = Sum of (Active Subscription Monthly Value)
Monthly recurring revenue (MRR) is the normalised monthly value of all active subscriptions. It aggregates annual, quarterly, and monthly plans into a single monthly figure for consistent period-over-period comparison.
Dunning Campaign Effectiveness
Subscription BillingMetric Definition
Dunning Effectiveness = (Recovered Payments / Total Failed Payments) × 100
Dunning campaign effectiveness measures the percentage of failed payments successfully recovered through automated retry and communication sequences. It quantifies how well your recovery process prevents involuntary churn.
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